Thursday, February 4, 2016

Be There

I have a wonderful job so I here. Patients tell me all the time you have the best job in the world. You get to see babies born everyday! I smile graciously an tell them "you are so right, it is the best job." Thinking to myself NOT, if you only knew.The part of it they don't see if what makes not so the best job in the world sometimes. They don't see where we all run to a room because a baby is in distress and we are trying to stay calm for the family but we really want to scream! They don't see the part when we are all maxed out with our patient load and we see another pregnant patient walk up to the desk. The don't see us changing our clothes after we have been splashed with body fluids. They don't see us cleaning and washing a baby who has gone to be with our sweet maker and us trying to hold back our tears for the family because we have to walk into our other patients room who is delivering a healthy baby. So why am I writing this?

This sums up how the world is! Our world is such a busy place. We are running here and there twenty four seven. I know that I have heard it said a million times. "there is just not enough time in the day. " But why? God gave us plenty of time we just don't manage it well. He even has to tell us to rest and gave us a day of rest. He even rested while making our planet. But as humans we have made or day of rest a day of shopping, cleaning house, going to ball games, hunting, and belive me plenty of committee meetings a church.

There is an old saying that goes something like this " sometimes you have to stop and smell the roses" What does that mean. To me it means to slow down and enjoy the life that we have been given. Before long our children that God blessed us with will be adults. Some of our family and friends will be gone. Things that you thought that would always be there are gone. No one want regrets at the end of their life. That is why so many older adults go through depression because their life is almost over and they have regrets.

Make a promise to yourself to make things count this year. Do the things that can only happen once over the things that you can do all the time. Like going to a wedding instead of staying home and watch television or go a surprise birthday party. Make you moments count. Slow down this year and stop to smell the roses. For me,I really take in the moment of being in a delivery of someones baby because I really do have the best job in the world.